Harrowing footage showed rioters laying deadly traps for officers in LA and setting cars alight with molotov cocktails, rockets and explosives as tensions soared to new heights on Sunday night.

Officers lined up on a downtown street with batons and tear gas rifles, confronting demonstrators after being ordered to disperse the crowds.

Demonstrators clash with officers carrying out migrant raids as police deploy tear gas and flash grenades

Protesters clash with law enforcement in the US city after a crackdown on its large migrant population.

It’s insurrection, says vice-president as National Guard arrives in city on orders of White House

Horrifying scenes of violence have stretched into a third day and sparked a political war of words between Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Security forces fire tear gas, rubber bullets in downtown Los Angeles as protesters continue to rally for a third day.

US national guard troops and Los Angeles police clashed with demonstrators on Sunday as teargas and pepper spray were used

"A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals," the president stated on Truth Social

Traffic stopped, signs were brandished, insults were hurled – and the size of the protest seemed to take police by surprise

The president vowed to crush opposition to his immigration raids – but his attempted show of force may have awoken something else

Thousands took to the street in Los Angeles in response to Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wishes.

Police fire rubber bullets and teargas while protesters block a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire

Harrowing footage showed rioters laying deadly traps for officers in LA and setting cars alight with molotov cocktails, rockets and explosives as tensions soared to new heights on…

LIVE UPDATES: Follow DailyMail.com's live blog for all the latest updates on the violent clashes in the City of Angels.

Tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades have been used by law enforcement in Los Angeles after protesters took to the streets in response to Donald Trump’s deployment of the…

As thousands take to the street to protest Trump’s National Guard deployment

Dozens of arrests have been made after three days of protests, with the National Guard now patrolling the city.

Protests showed no signs of stopping, as families of detained immigrants pleaded for their loved ones to be released – key US politics stories from 9 June

The clashes over local Ice raids come as the White House orders immigration agents ramp up enforcement.

LIVE UPDATES: Hundreds of Marines have been mobilized to Los Angeles after Donald Trump sent National Guard troops to quell the immigration protests.